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Chapter 1: Who is Brian Reed and what is 'Question Everything' about?
Am I a propagandist? A truth teller? An influencer? There's probably no more contested profession in the world today than mine, journalism. I'm Brian Reed, and on my show, Question Everything, we dive headfirst into the conflicts we're all facing over truth and who gets to tell it. Listen now to Question Everything, part of the NPR Podcast Network.
Chapter 2: What happened in the Florida State University shooting?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. A shooting on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee today left several people injured. NPR's Greg Allen has more.
The shooting began just before noon near the student union in Tallahassee. Police responded quickly and evacuated students to safety. Tallahassee Memorial Hospital says it's received six patients, one in critical condition and the rest in serious condition.
Chapter 3: What is the Supreme Court's stance on birthright citizenship?
NPR's Greg Allen reporting. The Supreme Court today deferred any ruling on President Trump's claim that there's no automatic guarantee to birthright citizenship in the Constitution. The court says it will hear arguments on May 15th with a decision expected this summer.
Chapter 4: Why are international student visas being revoked in the D.C. area?
The Trump administration has revoked or terminated the visas of dozens of international students attending universities in the D.C. area. From Member Station WAMU, Jackson Sinneberg has more.
Nearly every major university in the D.C. region has reported students having their visas revoked or terminated. The numbers of students affected range from the single digits at the Catholic University of America and Howard University to double digits at Georgetown and George Mason universities. Connor Martin is editor of the Georgetown Voice student paper.
Chapter 5: How are students reacting to visa terminations in Washington D.C. universities?
He says students are concerned about... "...the lack of information about why visas are being terminated. I think there's a large sense of fear."
The cancellation of student visas comes as part of a larger immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. For NPR News, I'm Jackson Sinnenberg in Washington, D.C.
Chapter 6: What are the recent impacts of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza?
Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 40 people in the past 24 hours, with multiple strikes targeting families sheltering in tents. That's according to Gaza's health ministry.
NPR's Aya Batraoui has more. Overnight Israeli attacks targeted three displaced families sheltering in makeshift tents, two of them in northern Gaza and one in the south. Gaza's health ministry says 23 people were killed in those separate attacks.
Chapter 7: What is the human toll from the recent Gaza conflict?
The Abolruz family was hit hardest, losing 10 people who burnt to death when their tent was struck in a sandy area called Moesi that Israel's military has told people to shelter in. Video from the incident shared by rescue crews shows a tent engulfed in fire.
The death toll in Gaza from the past 18 months of war has surpassed 51,000 people killed by Israeli fire, a third of them children, according to the Gaza health ministry's public records. Dubai.
President Trump is pushing Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates, as the European Central Bank did, for them to try to combat aftermath of Trump's tariffs. At the White House briefing today, Trump slammed Powell.
I'm not happy with him. Let him know it. And if I want him out, he'll be out of there real fast, believe me.
But Trump appointed Powell a Republican, and his term doesn't end until next spring. Powell says Trump's new tariffs are likely to cause at least a temporary rise in prices, discouraging the Fed from cutting interest rates any further. Wall Street's trading in mixed territory at this hour. The Dow is down 391, Nasdaq up 9. You're listening to NPR News.
Scientists are reporting success using stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease. And Pierce John Hamilton reports on two new studies in the journal Nature.
The study showed that two different kinds of stem cells began making the chemical messenger dopamine after being transplanted into the brains of Parkinson's patients. In one study, 12 patients received either a low or high dose of neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells.
Dr. Lawrence Studer of Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York says over the next 18 months, scientists used a standard rating scale to assess symptoms like tremor.
You would expect every year to get two to three points worse. And actually, the high-dose group, they got about 20 points better.
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